Issue - meetings

Purpose

To provide an update on the progress of:

·         Urgent school condition projects

·         Secondary school sufficiency schemes aimed at increasing secondary school place capacity within the city

·         Special school sufficiency schemes aimed at ensuring that schools can take children with more complex SEND.

The quarterly budget monitoring report contains information in relation to the financial position of the education capital programme.

Recommendations

That the Cabinet Member notes the progress on the school modernisation "urgent condition" projects, the secondary school sufficiency projects and the special school sufficiency projects (as set out in the report and in Appendix A).

The Deputy Director of Children, Families and Education presented the report and highlighted the following areas:

·           There was one "live" condition project from the 2017-18 programme which was being completed in phases and was expected to be completed by March 2019.

·           There were 10 urgent condition projects approved in the 2018-19 programme at the start of the financial year, plus a contingency allowance for urgent emerging works. Seven additional urgent condition projects had been reported since the start of the financial year.

DECISION:

The Cabinet Member noted the progress on the school modernisation "urgent condition" projects, the secondary school sufficiency projects and the special school sufficiency projects (as set out in the report and in Appendix A).